Will resigning from my job after receiving the Destination Thailand Visa affect re-entry to Thailand?

In fact I asked ChatGPT and it's claiming the opposite:

Legally: the qualifying DTV criteria (e.g., proof of funds ≥ 500,000 THB and proof of purpose such as remote work or a soft-power activity) are requirements at the time you apply for the visa and again if/when you apply for an in-country 180-day extension of stay. They are not framed in the published rules as “continuous” conditions you must maintain every day during a current, already-granted permission to stay.

What you do have to maintain while you’re in Thailand are the general, ongoing immigration obligations (e.g., 90-day reporting and not undertaking local Thai employment without the proper authorization). Those obligations come from the Immigration Act (Section 37) and the DTV implementing order, not from the DTV qualifying proofs themselves.

So, to your examples, dropping below 500,000 THB or pausing the activity you used to qualify doesn’t automatically void your current stay. Those proofs matter again when you ask Immigration for the optional in-country 180-day extension (the extension is explicitly provided for DTV, processed by Thai Immigration).

Sources: the MFA’s official DTV notice (which lists the required documents and the 180-day stay/extension structure) and consular pages describing DTV scope; the Immigration Act for the ongoing reporting duty. None of these publications state a legal requirement to continuously maintain the 500,000 THB balance or to keep the qualifying activity active throughout the stay—only that you must show them for issuance (and, in practice, for an in-country extension).

If you want the exact implementing reference: Thai Immigration Bureau Order No. governs DTV stays and reporting; the MFA/consulate materials above are the publicly available, official guidance most officers follow.

Obviously ChatGPT can sometimes give wrong wrong information, so if you have a source for your claim I would be very curious. That said, this was the paid version of GPT-5 and it cited several sources.

Anonieme deelnemer When you do not have a remote job anymore technically you do not comply with visa rules for purpose of stay anymore, and you can be prohibited entry.

Checks on this are not very common, but they can happen, maybe also depending on your profile as it is known by immigration.

Anonymous participant it is the supporting documents you prepare and submit with your DTV application that will be a deciding factor for its being issued as a Workcation DTV visa.

Anonymous participant You should avoid extending via immigration. Border hoppers are not currently having their employment status checked.

Anonymous participant Pardon me but I read that you plan on resigning your job after you get the DTV visa and enter Thailand.

As long as you maintain the digital nomad requirements for the DTV visa you should be okay.

Investing in the stock market with capital gains.... that's another matter.

A stream of income , capital gains, from a portfolio might not qualify for the DTV visa.

Possibly others have seen such a self employed person who obtained the DTV visa through brokerage account transactions.

I wish you success with your DTV application.

Please keep the forum updated on what you decided to do and results

Thank You 👍

Anonymous participant ignore him. There are no checks on re-entry unless you give them reason to interview you.